Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Answer and Be Entered to Win 1
4. Early Adopters 2
5. First Death in Nova Scotia, 1997 5
6. Bee Funeral 6
7. Last Summer at Melmerby Beach 7
8. The Incredibles 9
9. Steeltown Songs 11
10. Revival 19
11. Step 20
12. 13 22
13. Home Bus 23
14. Unscattered 24
15. The Battle Re-enactors’ Edda 26
16. $90k Victorian, Sold As Is 28
17. Blue-heads 29
18. The Toucan 30
19. The Surgical Theatre 32
20. Night Lunch 33
21. Man to Man 35
22. Elegy for Baby Girl 37
23. Milford 39
24. Blight 41
25. Biology Major Field Notes, 1974 43
26. Wedding, Late Summer 45
27. Fairy Tale in the Supermarket 47
28. Moon, Moon, Earth 49
29. Hoarders: Valley of the Kings 52
30. Analytics 54
31. Nurse Ouch 55
32. House, Kept 57
33. Receiving 58
34. Spring Catalogue 60
35. The Dead of Winter 62
36. Notes and Aknowledgments 67
37. About the Author 69